One of the most common issues I hear about is an individual or team not meeting expectations. The focus is on the person or team, and how to get them to improve their…
Performance Improvement
Every day we are faced with a multitude of demands on our time. New technologies make it easier and easier to connect with each other and all this can easily lead to overwhelm….
These days it seems AI is everywhere. On a recent trip to the Bay Area, every billboard seemed to be advertising some version of AI. One of my clients has instructed most every…
This post might seem a little odd. I am inviting some of you to be less helpful. Really? Aren’t the best leaders helpful? Yes and there is a limit. I learned this recently…
I have been a fan of Mark Mortensen’s work for a few years. Mortensen is a professor at Insead and his work on teaming caught my attention. His recent article was on a…
Who is to blame? When things don’t turn out as expected, this is a common question. The failure must be because somebody didn’t perform as expected. In my Intel days I attended ‘after…
I’ve just decided to hire a coach. This may sound a bit odd coming from a coach, but coaches need coaches as much as anyone else. In my case, I am seeking to…
Giving advice has been getting a bad rap recently. Coaching has emerged as a preferred leadership style over advice giving. Following this logic, mentoring will also be a less preferred style of interacting….
One of the most valuable things I do with my clients is to help them recognize how we get in our own way. You might wonder why we do this. Why do we…
I had a climbing lesson the other day and my instructor pushed me to try a route that challenged my ability. It didn’t turn out well, my fear got the better of me….